Faust [F W Murnau].avi

THE AUTHOR:





Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, better known as F. W. Murnau (December 28, 1888 ����¯�¿�½������¢������¯������¿������½������¯������¿������½ March 11, 1931), was one of the most influential German film directors of the silent era.





THE WORK:





Faust is a classic silent film produced in 1926 by UFA, directed by F.W. Murnau, starring G����¯�¿�½���¯���¿���½����¯�¿�½������¶sta Ekman as Faust, Emil Jannings as Mephisto, Camilla Horn as Gretchen/Marguerite, Frida Richard as her mother, Wilhelm Dieterle as her brother and Yvette Guilbert as Marthe Schwerdtlein, her aunt. Murnau\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s film draws on older traditions of the legendary tale of Faust as well as on Goethe\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s classic version.





F. W. MURNAU\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'S FILMOGRAPHY:





* Der Knabe in Blau (The Boy in Blue, released 28th June 1919)

* Santanas (released around 30th January 1920 but made in 1919)

* Der Bucklige und die T����¯�¿�½���¯���¿���½����¯�¿�½������¤nzerin (The Hunchback and the Dancer, released 8th July 1920)

* Der Januskopf (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / The Head of Janus, released 17th September 1920)

* Abend - Nacht - Morgen (Evening - Night- Morning, released October 1920)

* Sehnsucht (Desire: The Tragedy of a Dancer, released 18th October 1920)

* Der Gang in die Nacht (Journey Into the Night, released 13th December 1920)

* Schlo����¯�¿�½���¯���¿���½������¯������¿������½ Vogel����¯�¿�½���¯���¿���½����¯�¿�½������¶d (The Haunted Castle, released April 1921)

* Marizza (released 20th January 1922 but filmed in 1921)

* Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror, released 5th March 1922)

* Der brennende Acker (The Burning Soil, released 16th March 1922)

* Phantom (released 29th October 1922)

* Die Austreibung (The Expulsion, released 23rd October 1923)

* Die Finanzen des Gro����¯�¿�½���¯���¿���½������¯������¿������½herzogs (The Grand Duke\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Finances, released 7th January 1924)

* Der letzte Mann (The Last Laugh, released 23rd December 1924)

* Herr Tart����¯�¿�½���¯���¿���½����¯�¿�½������¼ff (Tartuffe, released 25th January 1926)

* Faust (released 14th October 1926)

* Sunrise (released 23rd September 1927, won a special Oscar for \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Unique Artistic Presentation\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" at the first Academy Awards)

* 4 Devils (released 3rd October 1928, is generally regarded as one of his best works and is a highly sought-after lost film)

* City Girl / Our Daily Bread (released 19th May 1930)

* Tabu (released 18th March 1931)